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the heat erasing 11-point second-half deficit to knock out the chicago bulls in game five. the heat again in the eastern conference finals. they await the winner of the pacers and knicks. the pacers could close that thing up at the garden tonight. >> so it could be the pacers versus memphis? >> potentially, yes. >> that's what you're hoping for. >>> turning to college basketball, rutgers university has announced julie herman as its new athletic director. herman replaces the former a.d. who resigned after a video came out of the school's former men's basketball coach mike rice. >> ow. >> caught on camera hurling basketballs at players and using in a couple cases gay slurs during practice. hermann would be rutgers' first female a.d. she comes from louisville where she served as their athletic director's top deputy. she's got more than 30 years in college athletics but no prior experience as the head of a school's athletic program. >> mike, are there a lot of top program -- >> five. she becomes the fifth in d-1 schools. >> good move. move>> g >>> up next, author, columnist, ke
the heat erasing 11-point second-half deficit to knock out the chicago bulls in game five. the heat again in the eastern conference finals. they await the winner of the pacers and knicks. the pacers could close that thing up at the garden tonight. >> so it could be the pacers versus memphis? >> potentially, yes. >> that's what you're hoping for. >>> turning to college basketball, rutgers university has announced julie herman as its new athletic director. herman...
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in this fiscal year, $200 billion lower the deficit's going to be than a couple of months ago and by 2015, we'll be talking about deficits in the realm of $300 billion and in the face of this, with millions of people still unemployed, with the unemployment rates up over 7%, we're not doing more to get people back to work. and we're still focused on deficit reduction when we see that even projecting out over several years, it's even a conservative economist, no one would argue these levels of debt that we're seeing in 2015 now are not at a sustainable level. >> is there a way for the obama administration to try to steal some of the attention away from the irs, benghazi? benghazi's not as topical because of what's coming forward about the irs. >> i wish the case for the sort of deficit hawk hysteria had anything to do with facts. we just saw one of the major papers that was brought up at a rationale for his obsession for cutting the deficit and the debt. we saw that disproved. so unfortunately, this has always been about a radical agenda. today, this afternoon, house republicans are go
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paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted deficits since 2008 trying once again to repeal obama care. they voted for the 37th time to repeal obama care despite the fact that there is good reason to believe that obama care is to credit for much of the remarkable deficit reduction projected this week by the cbo. the deficit reduction republicans used to hold up as their entire reason for being. because the biggest driver of our long term deficits is rising health care costs and -- get this -- between 2009 and 2011, total health spending grew at the lowest annual pace in t
paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted...
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and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can it learn from britain's withdrawal 170 years ago? i'll ask theauthor of a great new book. >>> next, a look into the crystal ball of technology with google's executive chairman eric schmit. a sure fire plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. how so? stay tuned. >>> first, here is my take. conservatives are, of course, mad at barack obama. we'll talk about the various scandals in a moment, but they're also mad at a country that isn't mad enough at him. this frustration is now taking over main stream and intelligent voices within the conservative movement and about broader issues than benghazi. brett stevens, the columnist for "wall street journal" lementes that president obama is not paying a price for a foreign policy that he, stevens, describes as isolationist. now, isolationism will come as a surprise to the diplomat soldier
and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can it learn from britain's withdrawal 170 years ago? i'll ask theauthor of a great new book. >>> next, a look into the crystal ball of technology with google's executive chairman eric schmit. a sure fire plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. how so? stay tuned....
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another part of shrinking the deficit is not just tied to cutting government spending. you look at the number of unemployed in the country and that is a real drag onotomy. as the economy grows that is another part of shrinking that monster, if you will. >> chris: governor, let's address your personal scandal. what did you learn interes fro? >> you learn ar a lot. i would say that you probably learn more in the valleys of life than you do in the mountain tops. learned whole new you things that i never comprehended before with regard to god's grace and the reflective grace that comes through other humans that you walk with on a daily basis. i learned a lot about judgment and forgiveness. i could go down a litany of different things but i boil it down this way. our minister gave a great sermon a number of months back and his point was do the events of your life refine or define your life. i think in politics people want to take an event and make it definitional to your life. i think that any of these valles or any of these bumps that we hit in the road of life by circumsta
another part of shrinking the deficit is not just tied to cutting government spending. you look at the number of unemployed in the country and that is a real drag onotomy. as the economy grows that is another part of shrinking that monster, if you will. >> chris: governor, let's address your personal scandal. what did you learn interes fro? >> you learn ar a lot. i would say that you probably learn more in the valleys of life than you do in the mountain tops. learned whole new you...
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over taxes and whether they include that as part of a deficit package. they feel president has been the offensive since the beginning of his second term. this is the first time they feel they have something to really pound the administration on. and i don't that you really sense any sort of shift other than they feel like they can continue to throw bombs up here. >> all right. thank you so much. see you soon. >> thank you. >>> up next, an issue that he also knows about there on the hill. what congress is not focusing on amid the distractions. "the cycle" roe on for thursday, may 16th. ♪ ♪ ♪ (vo) purina cat chow. 50 years of feeding great relationships. with one extraordinary purpose... to get "man of steel" advanced screening tickets. [ movie announcer voice ] at walmart. see "man of steel" at your local theater before anyone else. get in line 8 a.m. may 18th at walmart. rated pg-13. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ [
over taxes and whether they include that as part of a deficit package. they feel president has been the offensive since the beginning of his second term. this is the first time they feel they have something to really pound the administration on. and i don't that you really sense any sort of shift other than they feel like they can continue to throw bombs up here. >> all right. thank you so much. see you soon. >> thank you. >>> up next, an issue that he also knows about...
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the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing deja vu here, but it happened again now, a military serviceman whose job it is to protect against sexual assault has excused himself of sexual assault. latest case involves a ft. hood sergeant. you won't believe this, i couldn't believe it, into prostitution and for sexually assaulting this guy did apparently charged with two others. the army's not releasing his identity as he has not been charged officially, but get a load of his job title, sexual harassment response and coordinator. that's right, the guy you're supposed to go to for help is accused of sexually assaulting someone. this comes just one week after the man in charge of sexual assault from the entire air force was charged with sexu
the smallest deficit sense 2008 which is five years ago. the deficit had been topping $1 trillion every year cynic the recession ended four years ago. they credit the economic recovery, new tax rules and spending cuts with shrinking the deficit. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." may seem hard to believe that you're not experiencing deja vu here, but it happened again now, a military serviceman whose job it is to protect against sexual assault has excused...
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come back for the bruins came back from a three-goal deficit in the last ten minutes. what happened in overtime? you hurt my feelings, todd. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instead of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ] well, i travel a lot and umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signature, every upgraded experience comes from listening to our cardholders. visa signature. your idea of what a card should be. visa signature. and i've been around the toughest guys in football. and now i'm training guys who leak a little to guard their manhood. with man style protection... whoa... of new depend shields and guards. who are you? this is my house. perfect. come with me. built you a little man space under here. how 'bout that. sweet. see depend shields and guards are made to fit guys. that's awesome. i trained that guy now it's your turn. go online for my tips to help guard your manhood. with new depend, shields and guards. >>> sports fr
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austerity cut the public role, that does nothing except hurt the deficit. if you want to reduce the deficit, the best thing you can do is invest in education. the education of american people brings more money to the treasury than anything you name, whether it's early childhood k-12, higher ed, lifetime learning, and to cut education is to increase the deficit. so thank you for posing that question. >> congresswoman, really great pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. my pleasure, good luck to you and congratulations. >> thanks again to democratic house leader nancy pelosi for joining me earlier today. that's all in for this evening the rachel maddow show starts now.
austerity cut the public role, that does nothing except hurt the deficit. if you want to reduce the deficit, the best thing you can do is invest in education. the education of american people brings more money to the treasury than anything you name, whether it's early childhood k-12, higher ed, lifetime learning, and to cut education is to increase the deficit. so thank you for posing that question. >> congresswoman, really great pleasure to have you here. thank you so much. >>...
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deficit is rapidly decreasing ahead of styx, but you wouldn't know it from fox news because benghazi! the feds want to lower the threshold for what constitution drunk driving. which means we'll have to have less spelling errors when we text from behind the wheel. is this a public safety man or a racket to raise more money. and you may have heard about the gay teacher fired for her sexual orientation. but what does the bible really say about lesbians. turns out it's the catholic homophobes who need to repent. it's
deficit is rapidly decreasing ahead of styx, but you wouldn't know it from fox news because benghazi! the feds want to lower the threshold for what constitution drunk driving. which means we'll have to have less spelling errors when we text from behind the wheel. is this a public safety man or a racket to raise more money. and you may have heard about the gay teacher fired for her sexual orientation. but what does the bible really say about lesbians. turns out it's the catholic homophobes who...
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the board of education approved the deficit elimination plan, and really, chris, i want to thank you and other folks who brought attention to this. it was putting a great big light on this problem that, i think, caused the reverse, of course. and the good news is these kids will be able to finish their school year, and i'm just really happy about that. >> what have we learned about michigan governor rick snyder in this, the fact he seemed willing, the state government seemed willing, to let these kids not be in school and not turn over any money and not find some way initially for a bridge loan or something. what does that say to you about the governor? >> first of all, i want to thank them for doing the right thing, even though it took some time. i'm not really anxious to point fingers. i think what it does show is we have huge inequities in this country and in michigan and lots of other places, and we need to correct those inequities. for every buena vista that had to close, there are hundreds of schools that are functioning barely at the sustainable level and getting marginal educ
the board of education approved the deficit elimination plan, and really, chris, i want to thank you and other folks who brought attention to this. it was putting a great big light on this problem that, i think, caused the reverse, of course. and the good news is these kids will be able to finish their school year, and i'm just really happy about that. >> what have we learned about michigan governor rick snyder in this, the fact he seemed willing, the state government seemed willing, to...
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president but while the scandals swirl there is a little teenie bit of good news getting ground out, the deficit problem may be slowing -- not disappearing -- slowing. breaking news out of the arab world. an al qaeda backed suicide attack is foiled in egypt. the reported target? western embassies. we'll have an update when "the we'll have an update when "the lead" continues. b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall we? jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dracula volunteering at a blood drive. we have cookies... get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. peoi go to angie's listt for to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pe
president but while the scandals swirl there is a little teenie bit of good news getting ground out, the deficit problem may be slowing -- not disappearing -- slowing. breaking news out of the arab world. an al qaeda backed suicide attack is foiled in egypt. the reported target? western embassies. we'll have an update when "the we'll have an update when "the lead" continues. b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not...
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and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can
and the amazing shrinking american budget deficit. i'll ask mitt romney's chief economic adviser whether he thinks the problem has gone away. >>> also, as america prepares to draw down from afghanistan, what can
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we're trying to get a budget agreement to get a down payment on the debt and deficit. all of these things are things we are doing and this is our job. that's what congress does. we have a lot of responsibilities and take all of them very seriously. >> all right. congressman paul ryan republican of wisconsin chair of the budget committee thank you for your time. have a good weekend. >> thanks. you too, jake. >> this is only the beginning of congressional scrutiny over the irs actions. next week the head of the department that approves tax-exempt status lois lerner will testify before the house oversight committee. it appears she knew about the targeting almost from the beginning in 2010 but who else knew? erin mcpike has been taking a closer look. >> reporter: well, jake, lois lerner is becoming more of an issue here because we now know that her signature was on at least one document to a tea party group asking for more information over a year ago. so now the question has become, did she not know what she was approving? after resignations and a contentious hearing on ca
we're trying to get a budget agreement to get a down payment on the debt and deficit. all of these things are things we are doing and this is our job. that's what congress does. we have a lot of responsibilities and take all of them very seriously. >> all right. congressman paul ryan republican of wisconsin chair of the budget committee thank you for your time. have a good weekend. >> thanks. you too, jake. >> this is only the beginning of congressional scrutiny over the irs...
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and there was some positive news on the deficit. but both of those items will take a long time to pay dividends. and the administration will have to still fight the crises for now, if they ever want to be able to maximize both of these agenda items in the long term. wolf? >> jessica yellin over at the white house, thanks very much. let's dig a little bit deeper now with our chief political correspondent, host of the "state of the union" candy crowley. the president trying to change the subject today, didn't work that well, because the subject is still out there. >> there's a formula for presidents who get into political trouble. and it begins with trying to change the questions. which he did pretty well, i think, in the rose garden, at least it was a good first step. went out there and said, okay, what we really noo ed is money to help secure the embassies. that was his response to the benghazi problem. he talked about the irs, and said, well, this was done, because i take these leaks very seriously, because they endanger americans.
and there was some positive news on the deficit. but both of those items will take a long time to pay dividends. and the administration will have to still fight the crises for now, if they ever want to be able to maximize both of these agenda items in the long term. wolf? >> jessica yellin over at the white house, thanks very much. let's dig a little bit deeper now with our chief political correspondent, host of the "state of the union" candy crowley. the president trying to...
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outreach that obama had been doing, having dinner with republicans trying to get a big deal on the deficit. do these three issues, benghazi, the irs and the ap scandal make it so there will be no discussion in the coming months. >> governor rendell. i want to play this rnc video. its vitaled demand transappears. >> to hold it accountable. there's many secrecy in the city. i will also hold myself as president to a new standard. >> society rnc at least believes they have some legs here. are they overplaying their hand already. you even have conservative charles hummer saying let the facts speak for them. don't overplay, but the ads are out. >> that's the problem in washington today. everyone wants to use these for political purposes. look, there are legitimate things we've got to cure. in the irs scandal, obviously what happened is bad. the people that did it should be held responsible and i think fired. but we should take a look at what is a social welfare group that is tax exempt. clearly, bill burton's group on our side wasn't a coin and never shouldn't have been declared tax exempt. neit
outreach that obama had been doing, having dinner with republicans trying to get a big deal on the deficit. do these three issues, benghazi, the irs and the ap scandal make it so there will be no discussion in the coming months. >> governor rendell. i want to play this rnc video. its vitaled demand transappears. >> to hold it accountable. there's many secrecy in the city. i will also hold myself as president to a new standard. >> society rnc at least believes they have some...
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there was actually good news on the deficit today. the deficit down a little bit. it lengthens the period of time where they have to worry about the debt ceiling again. the good news is getting overwhelmed. you talk about that midterm election, what are those about? base, right? base politics. now they see a government, administration, yes, the white house will say it was the irs and independent agency, but the federal government targeting the tea party. who is that going to mobilize? the conservative base. we'll have more fights over the tea party. you have the justice department and attorney general who the republicans have long been at war now in hot water. it's early. this could all change by the time we get around to next year. but take an early look, you have an engaged republican look, and beginning evidence of some democrat drift now, the question is, does it become demoralized. if you get that combination, that's what we had in 2006. when democrats had a very good year, that set them up for 2008. >> the investigation starts u don't know where it will wind
there was actually good news on the deficit today. the deficit down a little bit. it lengthens the period of time where they have to worry about the debt ceiling again. the good news is getting overwhelmed. you talk about that midterm election, what are those about? base, right? base politics. now they see a government, administration, yes, the white house will say it was the irs and independent agency, but the federal government targeting the tea party. who is that going to mobilize? the...
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the only way you would see any type of tax reform if it was part of a broader deficit and debt reduction deal. which we all know with this most likely poisoning the well, makes it most difficult. it's not seem easy. lastly, i think what rangel is really hinting at, something that a lot of democrats are saying and mrs. pelosi was saying, is this is all happening because of citizens united. citizens united opened up the floodgates and the u.s. government didn't know how to respond to it. not necessarily a good thing for democrats when the irs is now going to be much in charge of implementing their health care bill. >> indeed. luke russert, chris cillizza, thank you very much. >>> and the clean-up continuing in texas, in granbury texas, where the devastation stretching for miles, six people are dead, but all of the missing have been accounted for today, that's some good news, 16 tornadoes touched down wednesday night. including the first e-4 storm to hit the area in decades. governor rick perry is expected to tour the area this afternoon. >>> 60 homes built by habitat for humanity were dest
the only way you would see any type of tax reform if it was part of a broader deficit and debt reduction deal. which we all know with this most likely poisoning the well, makes it most difficult. it's not seem easy. lastly, i think what rangel is really hinting at, something that a lot of democrats are saying and mrs. pelosi was saying, is this is all happening because of citizens united. citizens united opened up the floodgates and the u.s. government didn't know how to respond to it. not...
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for the most part predicts that the deficit will fall. why is this all to have good economic news getting the attention that bad economic news would no doubt get. >> it has to be a man bite dog story. it is bad in our business always getting more attention. an sbesing note, the more money we save we we save money on reduced interest payments as money that the nation owes goes down so you save two ways on this. i think this particular week has been so overwhelmingly challenging 0 be bam ma white house. the last few reports have been upbeat. this continues the trajectory. it would have had to have been a lot more dramatic to overwhelm one of the worst weeks of the obama administration. >> also coming out of the budget report this week, if enacted the president's budget would cut more than a trillion dollars from the government's budgets. with all that's happening hasn't this budget been forgotten about disregarded by those on the hill. >> both the house and senate budget committees have pass and enboth chambers have passed their versions. t
for the most part predicts that the deficit will fall. why is this all to have good economic news getting the attention that bad economic news would no doubt get. >> it has to be a man bite dog story. it is bad in our business always getting more attention. an sbesing note, the more money we save we we save money on reduced interest payments as money that the nation owes goes down so you save two ways on this. i think this particular week has been so overwhelmingly challenging 0 be bam ma...
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deficits are coming down in the short run. but you talk about how the seeds for our fiscal destruction were planted even before barack obama was sworn in. >> sure. >> what role does george w. bush play in this story? >> certainly the medicare expansioned and spending growth are problematic too. the issue facing the country is not a democrat or republican problem, it's how to get our political leaders focused on the need to get debt under control. and it's not having any green eye shades view. back to you question, about gronel and h growth and how to get the country going again. >> richard, how long is it in the long term but the short run the united states having power across the globe? >> absolutely. we have to put our house in order. to lead across the word we need our house in order to set an example. tying into what we are talking about here. when we don't function politically how do we persuade any other people to adopt what we have what we can't make it work in the united states? >> go ahead. >> when you look at europea
deficits are coming down in the short run. but you talk about how the seeds for our fiscal destruction were planted even before barack obama was sworn in. >> sure. >> what role does george w. bush play in this story? >> certainly the medicare expansioned and spending growth are problematic too. the issue facing the country is not a democrat or republican problem, it's how to get our political leaders focused on the need to get debt under control. and it's not having any green...
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congressman ryan, are you going to be able to work with the administration on things like the economy and the deficit and immigration reform while congress also spends so much time focused on discovering more and doing more in oversight on the scandals and controversies. here's what he had to say. >> we have to do our job to our constituents to do oversight of the federal government, we're not getting straight answers on benghazi. we're not getting straight answers on the irs. clearly we're worried about intimidation of the press with respect to the doj scandal. that doesn't mean we're only going to do that. >> his point is they can walk and chew gum at the same time, that members of congress have this oversight responsibility, but you heard him say, very pointedly, we're not getting straight answers on benghazi, we're not getting straight answers on the irs. there is a lot of feeling by republicans and even some democrats in congress that the testimony today by the acting irs commissioner did him more harm than good. even if he's on his way out the door, there are questions about whether or not he's
congressman ryan, are you going to be able to work with the administration on things like the economy and the deficit and immigration reform while congress also spends so much time focused on discovering more and doing more in oversight on the scandals and controversies. here's what he had to say. >> we have to do our job to our constituents to do oversight of the federal government, we're not getting straight answers on benghazi. we're not getting straight answers on the irs. clearly...